THE SIN OF WRONG PERSPECTIVE

We are beginning a new year. The New Year's Day celebrations around the world have all ended, the street sweepers have entered the party areas and have gathered up all the trash that was left. We are already in the stream of daily living and to many people it is just another year.
But what if this is the greatest year of your life. For some of us, in just 55 days we will be traveling to the Holy Land to walk and study where Jesus came to earth for the salvation of mankind. Nothing was the same after seeing Jesus come into the lives of the people who were healed and changed forever.
Today, there are many people who are like Old Herb. He was known as the thriftiest farmer in the area. One day he stood on the bridge idly gazing down at the water. A canoeist coming down the river suddenly overturned. He came up gasping. Herb just looked on. Down he went again.
When he came up, Herb shouted to him, "If you don't come up the next time, can I have your canoe?"
What do you want to see in the New Year? What words do you need to say to another that will change their life? I love what Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus: "Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Eph. 5:19-20).
Be aware of your perspective. It can and will serve as the foundation for governing all you do.

Mid-week Prayer

Loving Father, in this new day that You have given to us, let Your wisdom grow in our hearts and spirits. Do not let us walk in the darkness of our blindness to each other. Let Your grace call us boldly to the coming of Your days. We pray this in the blessed name of Jesus Christ. Amen

This has been Rev. Jim Massey. We begin today a new journey together. See you next week in the Mid-week Epistle